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Thursday, May 22, 2008

We tried to talk him out of it

...but not really that hard. Here Gary is discussing with Matt Z. an installation of the electronic innards of a Fulltone Deja Vibe stompbox into an unsuspecting Epiphone Sheraton. Issues such as how to power the unit onboard (the stompbox is powered by a wall-wart, not batteries), which guitar top control holes to take advantage of and even whether or not some kind of LED array that flashes at the same rate as the effect can be installed in the two f holes.